The top five new horror films for autumn 2012

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We round up the best horror movies in cinemas right now

It’s Halloween. Which means a glut of spooky movies at the cinema. Take your pick from a clown slasher flick, one of the best horror films of all time back on the big screen (a clue: ‘Here’s Johnny!’) and this generation’s ‘Carrie’.

Excision

Rating: 3/5

What is it?
It’s about an 18-year-old girl, Pauline (Annalynne McCord), who dreams of becoming a surgeon.

So, does she study hard and go to university?
Not exactly. Pauline is more of the sociopath-misfit-scab-picking sort. She guts dead birds and gives herself crucifix tattoos. In science class she puts up her hand and asks: ‘Can you contract an STD from a dead person?’ Oh, and she’s a bit of a necrophile.

And she wants to be a doctor why?
Because her sister suffers from cystic fibrosis.

Sounds madder than a bag of cats.
Well, it’s eccentric to say the least. And wouldn’t you know, legendary ringleader of all things outlandish John Waters plays Pauline’s priest-shrink. Here’s our review.

When’s it out?
It’s out now.

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50 terrifying movie moments

If we were the British Board of Film Classification, we’d probably have to award this feature an 18. No, scrap that – an X rating. Because here, we select some of the scenes that have made us cower in our boots, dash for the exit sign and weep for the very future of humankind.